Business Development Consultant at Mancosa

About the position

Introduction

MANCOSA, a DHET registered and CHE accredited private higher education institution, offering undergraduate and postgraduate business qualifications, has the following vacancies available: Business Development Consultant

Duties & Responsibilities

CORE PURPOSE

• The purpose of this position is to engage and develop partnerships with corporates and to promote the business to business product offerings.

CORE FUNCTIONS

• Achieve revenue targets for new and existing clientele
• Secure opportunities to present the B2B training solutions offering to clients via a meeting, participation in a corporate career day or corporate open days
• Promote and achieve revenue targets for formal learning programmes
• Promote and achieve revenue targets for short learning programmes
• Ability to present training solutions to corporate clientele
• An understanding of the SETA skills matrix and BBBEE scorecard for skills development
• Ability to research the industry and sector training and development trends in order to offer suitable training solutions to the corporate clientele
• An understanding of human resource development
• An understanding of the skills gap analysis, workplace skills plan etc

Desired Experience & Qualification

QUALIFICATION (S)

• Grade 12 Senior Certificate
• Qualification in Marketing is advantageous
• Relevant sales and marketing programme

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 3 years of work experience in a corporate sales environment
• Minimum 2 years of work experience within sales environment
• An understanding and experience of the business to business market
• Hold the appropriate public speaking and presentation skills
• Administrative skills and report writing

RELATED KNOWLEDGE, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

• Basic computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)
• Attention to detail and sound time management skills
• Well-versed in sales and marketing
• Understanding of the corporate training environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive
• Must be able to multi-task
• Consulting and engaging with appropriate stakeholders
• Statistical efficiency
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Proficient in MS Office
• Planning, organising and negotiating skills
• Integrity and honesty
• Detail oriented
• Creative and innovative
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Responsible
• Confident
• Assertive

Additional Requirements:

• Will be required to work overtime
• Will be required to Travel
• Will be required to work weekends
• Will be required to have a valid drivers license